Japanese torpedo bombers fly past the USS Yorktown during the Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942

Japan surged. Then Midway flipped the Pacific.

A single battle halted the advance and reset momentum. Midway changed the direction of the war.

World War II: Midway—When Codebreaking Turned the Tide

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How the flip happened.

US forces had broken Japanese naval codes, knew the plan and the order of battle, and sprung the trap.

World War II: Midway—When Codebreaking Turned the Tide